[{"bbox": [72, 147, 688, 179], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [109, 209, 391, 240], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1. Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [83, 253, 1145, 280], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the Republic of Zimbabwe."}, {"bbox": [109, 298, 520, 329], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2. Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [83, 342, 1145, 423], "category": "Text", "text": "The indicative operational implementation period of this action, during which the activities described in section 3 will be carried out and the corresponding contracts and agreements implemented, is 48 months from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [83, 423, 1145, 475], "category": "Text", "text": "Extensions of the implementation period may be agreed by the Commission's responsible authorising officer by amending this Financing Decision and the relevant contracts and agreements."}, {"bbox": [109, 519, 704, 550], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3. Implementation of the Budget Support Component"}, {"bbox": [83, 563, 126, 586], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [109, 608, 448, 639], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4. Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [83, 664, 1145, 743], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission will ensure that the EU appropriate rules and procedures for providing financing to third parties are respected, including review procedures, where appropriate, and compliance of the action with EU restrictive measures¹⁵."}, {"bbox": [145, 766, 511, 796], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1. Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [83, 832, 371, 858], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [83, 885, 341, 911], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [83, 911, 1106, 938], "category": "Text", "text": "The grants will target the specific objective 2 'To enhance a more conducive environment for credible election'."}, {"bbox": [83, 963, 1147, 1043], "category": "Text", "text": "Field of intervention will be, inter alia: capacity building of political parties, revitalisation of the electoral code of conduct or peace pledges, promoting interparty dialogue, strengthening community radios, media monitoring and countering mis-information, training of media stakeholders."}, {"bbox": [83, 1070, 1145, 1253], "category": "Text", "text": "This call will be launched in April 2022 under a suspensive clause prior to the adoption of this Decision. This is justified because the engagement with relevant institutions, political parties, CSOs, and media requires continuous attention throughout the electoral cycle to build trust and confidence in the electoral process and to prevent electoral malpractices and violence in a sustained manner. With the elections scheduled for mid-2023, there is an urgent need to start activities fostering transparency, trust and resilience before the country shifts to full electoral campaigning mode. The grants should be signed before the start of the electoral boundary delimitation which is foreseen to start October 2022."}, {"bbox": [83, 1282, 386, 1309], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [83, 1309, 1052, 1336], "category": "Text", "text": "All types of CSOs and their associations originating from countries eligible under the NDICI Regulations."}, {"bbox": [83, 1375, 527, 1401], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(d) Exception to the non-retroactivity of costs**"}, {"bbox": [83, 1413, 1145, 1466], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission authorises that the costs incurred may be recognised as eligible as of May 2022 because of the urgency to conduct trust-building measures early on in the electoral cycle."}, {"bbox": [145, 1515, 776, 1543], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2. Indirect Management with an international organisation"}, {"bbox": [72, 1614, 1158, 1688], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁵ www.sanctionsmap.eu. Please note that the sanctions map is an IT tool for identifying the sanctions regimes. The source of the sanctions stems from legal acts published in the Official Journal (OJ). In case of discrepancy between the published legal acts and the updates on the website it is the OJ version that prevails."}, {"bbox": [1041, 1688, 1158, 1711], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 16 of 20"}]